Queen Elizabeth National Park

Queen Elizabeth Nationa Park Located in western Uganda, shared by districts of Kasese, Bundibugyo and Bushenyi, Queen Elizabeth park is 1978km2 in size. The park lies 5-6 hours from
Kampala on a surfaced road via Mbarara, and can be reached on a dirt road from Bwindi.
It includes parts of Lakes Edward and George which are linked by Kazinga channel and other attractions. Accessing the park from Kampala is either on tarmac through Mbarara (420 kames) or Fort Portal via Kasese (410kms). The park is 5-6 hours from Kampala on surface road via Mbarara. This Uganda safari park can also be reached via Ishasha sector, which is south of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Accommodation:

The park has luxury accommodation that will favor all visitors. It also caters for the budget travelers.Mweya safari lodge and Jacana lodge have excellent services and Ishasha wilderness camp with lavishness accommodation.Budget accommodation includes Mweya hotels and Ishasha bandas with average standards that will make your stay memorable. The park also has camping sites such as Maramagambo,Ishasha and Mweya alternatively, one may take on the Hippo Hill Camp adjacent to Katwe along with Kingfisher camp on a beautiful Kichwamba escarpment. Kyambura Uganda safari wildlife is also establishing a luxury lodge that will surely meet your needs
At Mweya there is an up market lodge, a campsite and budget hostel. Another up market lodge fringes a Crater Lake in Maramagambo Forest. A low-key camp is found in the Ishasha Sector.

Mweya Safari Lodge Uganda

Mweya Safari Lodge is suited on the neck of land within the mind of Queen Elizabeth National Park. Its acknowledged to be one of Uganda’s best lodge with lavishness accommodation and excellent services. Its positioned in a way that gives a perfect view of the fresh water Lake Edward as well as the Kazinga channel from every corner of the lodge.

The safari in Uganda Lodge is located in the heart of Uganda leading wildlife haven. Its famous for its various flora and fauna, animals such as Buffaloes, Lions, Elephants, Waterbucks hippos as well as crocodiles. Their land is covered with Savannah woodlands along with grassland. Although the common one is the Euphorbia species.

The lodge has well designed accommodation such as royal cottages, presidential cottage, deluxe all with en suit bathrooms, power as well as balcons giving a beautiful view of the Kazinga channel.
Among the facilities offered by the lodge include Tembo safari bar fully stocked, poolside bar, Kazinga restaurant with both international and local cuisine, swimming pool, DSTV as well as a souvenir shop full of art and craft items. The lodge is designed with spacious dining room along with a lounge.

Kitandara Hippo Hill Camp Uganda

Kitandara Hippo Hill CampThis is a newly established tourist facility in the buffer zone of Queen Elizabeth National Park-Katwe town is a located on a hill overlooking Kitako and KabazimuIslands and surrounded by Lake Edward, Katwe salt Lake and Munyanyange crater Lakes. The Camp presently has 10 luxury tents with private toilets and hot showers. All Uganda safari tents are well furnished to ensure comfort for all. It has a spacious dinning that offers excellent standards of cuisine. The bar is well stocked overlooking Lake Albert, and has been built to suit your highest expectations. Many animals often show up unexpectedly like; lions, buffaloes, lions, warthogs, leopards, buffoons, antelopes and many others. Beware of the Elephants’ road blocks in the evening!

Mweya Institute of Ecology Uganda, Mweya Hostel

The Mweya institute of Ecology often referred to as the Mweya hostel offers low- mid range accommodation. It is located not very far from the Mweya Uganda Safari lodge.

The hostel has both single and double rooms with communal bathroom facilities and a self contained & self catering guest house capable of accommodating 4-6 people. The Hostel also has a canteen and restaurant close to the visitor rooms where visitors can order for their meals

Ishasha Wilderness camp

Ishasha wildness camp is located within the heart of Queen Elizabeth National park adjacent to Ntungwe River. It’s a famous habitat for the tree climbing Lions. Its the only lavishness camp in the Ishasha sector. The camp is strategically located to favor both Gorilla tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Queen Elizabeth Forest along with Kibale Forest.

The camp is well designed with luxury tents that are fully self contained. Each tent has an African style.Meru tents are located in the wooded area across the river with excellent facilities such as en suite bathrooms and Eco-friendly toilets.

Facilities

*Restaurants with both international and local cuisines
*A well designed lounge and Dining area
*Solar power for lighting as well as charging simple gadgets.
*Camp fire place to keep you warm all night.
*Wake up calls
*A fully stocked bar.

Jacana safari lodge Uganda

Jacana safari lodge is suited in the heart of Queen Elizabeth National Park. It’s positioned at the periphery of Uganda’s biggest Crater Lake with a tree house lodge. The fragile use of rocks, ropes, wood, natural furniture blend well with the sweet melodies of the tropical hardwood forest. The evenings are usually occupied with camp fire that gives a memorable experience to all visitors. The Uganda safari lodge is well known for its standard accommodation with better facilities. The lodge has well designed accommodation with about 10 lavish chalets along with a family cottage. The lodge provides a favorable atmosphere to all visitors with facilities such as ensuits,Verandah along with big windows that give a magnificent view of lake Nyamusingire.This view will enable you enjoy a good morning breakfast served by a waiter.

Facilities in the safari lodge

*Restaurant with both international and local foods
*The great Virunga Lounge
*Swimming pool
*Sundowner bar that overlooks Lake Nyamusingire
*Internet services
*En suits facilities including safes and wardrobe

Kingfisher Lodge is suited off the park and it’s a temperate accommodation in Queen Elizabeth National Park. It’s owned by the Germans and positioned in the western part of Uganda adjacent to Queen Elizabeth National park. It has about 250 meters over the plains that give a magnificent view of the park, Mountain Rwenzori along with the Kazinga channel.

Accommodation Safari in Uganda
The accommodation rages from 2 family units,3 double rooms, 2 triple rooms and 1 en suit. The lodge has the capacity to accommodate 36 visitors.

Facilities

*Restaurant with both international and local cuisines
*Facilities such as conference hall that accommodates about 30 people
*Beautiful gardens
*En suite facilities with campsites
*Fully stocked bar
*Swimming pool

Hippo Hill camp Uganda

Hippo Hill camp is well known to be a lavish camp located within the heart of Queen Elizabeth National Park. It was opened in 2006 and it’s more positioned in the shield zone of the park-Katwa town. The safari in Uganda camp was constructed on the hill providing a magnificent view of Kitako as well as Kabazimu Islands. This park is enclosed by Lake Edward, Katwe salt Lake along with Munyanyange Crater Lake. It’s surrounded with large concentrations of Hippos, buffaloes, Flamingos and other wildlife.

The accommodation is well set with about ten lavishness tents with personal ensuite facilities such as bathrooms and toilets.The tents are well designed to provide comfort and a peaceful setting to enjoy the night.

Facilities

*A well stocked bar with a perfect view of Lake Albert
*Dining area with both international and local cuisines
*Camp fire that is must liked by all visitors.

Ihamba Safari Lodge Uganda

Ihamba Safari Lodge is designed with stones and thatched cottages that well with the environment. The lounge and dining area has a beautiful spot that will make you enjoy your meal. The lodge has a swimming pool that will cool off the heat and still enjoy cocktail served as you enjoy the water. This place will give a magnificent view of Mountain Rwenzori. Besides sleeping, there are others facilities offered such as conference halls as well as internet services to all visitors.Ihamba lodge bar has a beautiful view of the sport events and it’s fully stocked with all kinds of wine.

Our Suites
The lodge has beautiful accommodation with comfort and lavishness. It has high quality services that will make your stay a memorable. It has about 10 special suites with excellent services. of which the suits are cited after the native bush that enclose the lodge. They are constructed with stones, thatched and are located in a secreted setting with enough space to do personal work. The design of the suits leads you to the main lodge and after connect you to the bush. Which ever corner of the lodge you are in, you have a magnificent view of the forest, the windows in the safari in uganda lodge are glass thus give you a perfect view of nature. Among the services provided include telephone, internet with a fully well stocked bar. The rooms are air conditioned with up to date bathrooms and toilets.

Food and wine

This lodge is put as a 5 star hotel because it serves all different types of cuisine. Depending on where you want your meal to be served, it could be in the dining room of your suit, outdoor dining or probably main lodge dining. The dining setting will be of great satisfaction to our visitors. The lodge has a professional wine cellar manager who is good at selecting good wine for the visitors. Besides wine, there are other drinks that you will like.

Tourist Activities in Ihamba Safari Lodge

I hamba has activities such as game drives, bird watching as well as swimming at your own time of leisure .Book in advance to stand a chance of enjoying all the activities.

Simba Safari Lodge Uganda

Simba Safari Camp is a budget Uganda safari accommodation situated on the border of Queen Elizabeth National Park. Here you will find a variety of comfortable and affordable guest rooms, dormitory rooms and a well established camp site.

Located on a hill, the camp offers spectacular views of Lake George, Lake Kikoronko and the savannah plains stretching till the far horizon. It is the closest accommodation for game drives in the Kasenyi plains, while elephants and buffaloes can often be viewed from the camp.

Whether your wish to explore the beautiful surroundings of Queen Elizabeth National Park with a game drive, join a boat safari on the Kazinga Channel or go in search of the chimpanzees in Kyambura Gorge, Simba Safari Camp is the perfect base for your safari!

Attractions in Queen Elizabeth National Park Uganda

The park has a variety of Flora and Fauna and it’s acknowledged to be a habitat for over 95 mammal species with about 612 species of birds. The various species in this park, has made it a unique park most liked by tourists. Geographers will say that the park has around 57 vegetation but in actual sense, it has five levels of vegetation. Namely bushy grassland, Acacia woodland, Lakeshore or swamp vegetation along with forest grassland. On the 8 day safari in Uganda, you can visit Queen Elizabeth and other parks in Uganda.

The grasslands of the park settles wildlife such as Cape buffalo, Uganda kob, waterbuck, warthlog, lion, leopard, hyena, giant forest hog as well as elephants.Topis can only be discovered in Ishasha and forest primate found in Kyambura gorge in addition to Maramagambo forest.

Africa has some protected areas. Therefore the park’s remarkable birdlist that to exceed that of the neighboring Virunga National Park. Among these include African skimmer, Chapins flycatcher, Pink-backed pelicans, Papyrus canary, Shoebill stork, martial eagle, black-rumped buttonquail as well as the great flamingos.

Around the parkMweya Peninsula
The peninsula is the heart of sightseeing activities with excellent accommodation in the park. The only way to enjoy your tour in this park is by touring with a ranger guide. This person helps you explore the park as well as the distant parts of the peninsula.Mweya information center organizes all the activities that tourists may want to get involved in. The most exciting aspect about this peninsular is the fact that its overlooks Katwe bay of Lake Edward.Morestill, it has a souvenir shop full of Uganda safari items that will always remind you of park

Kazinga Channel.
The Kazinga channel is about 40m long adjoining Lake Gorge to Lake Edward. It has the perfect view of the parks’ major wildlife ventures. The shores of the lake attracts a large concentration of mammals, birds as well as reptiles all year around. The animals can be viewed well by the Nile cruise or probably at the entrance of Lake Edward. The operation of the cruise run from 15.00 and 17.00, furthermore voyages run 11.00 and 13.00 depending on the demand of the tourists.

Kazinga channel has parts for instance North Kazinga as well as Kasenyi.Its acknowledged that the plains of channel are focal points for game viewing. Tracking is the only way that will enable you see all the wildlife in its nature setting for example buffalo, elephants and other animals that dwell in the grassland thickets of the Northern Kazinga close to Mweya.The most accessible spot for lions is in the eastern part of Kasenyi plains and the Kasese road where they quarry on the big inhabitants of Uganda Kobs.The most favorable time for game drives is during morning and late afternoon hours. The work of the range guide is to help you get enough information about the park and still get the most memorable experience in Africa.

The Equator and the Queen’s Pavilion
The Uganda’s Equator provides a beautiful place for photo shooting along with craft shops that can make you buy a souvenir .The Queen’s Pavilion is easily spotted by the northern entrance to the Crater Drive. In 1954 Queen Elizabeth gave a provision shelter for this site until in 1959 when a permanent pavilion was constructed for the visit of Queen Elizabeth. Renovations were made by second visit of Duke of Edinburgh in 2007 with better facilities such as coffee shop and internet facilities.

Ishasha Tree Climbing Lions
Ishasha covers an area of about 100km south of Mweya.The Park’s distant southern segment gives a genuine Africa wilderness experience. Among the inhabitants in this place include savannah woodland, Ishasha River along with Lake Edward that has a diversity of wildlife such as climbing lions, rare shoebill stork and many others.